tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post2572664434853069894..comments2017-09-09T18:58:29.770-07:00Comments on Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog: That Was Constructive Criticism, You Fool!Harold Hendersonhttps://plus.google.com/115742665677743590224noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post-84683338686334456002013-03-11T12:07:39.676-07:002013-03-11T12:07:39.676-07:00I could not agree more.
One of my frustrations is...I could not agree more.<br /><br />One of my frustrations is that I&#39;m increasingly having to wade through the secret-code messages on social media that tell me that someone sucks, was mean, said something dumb, etc. 95% of the time, I don&#39;t know who we&#39;re talking about or what they did, but I&#39;m being put in a position where I&#39;m supposed to take a side. I don&#39;t like it. Other times, I DO know who&#39;s being talked about, and I don&#39;t understand why the two parties don&#39;t just unfriend/unfollow each other. Watching people constantly take jibes at each other...well, I don&#39;t like that either. It&#39;s okay to just avoid people you don&#39;t like. There&#39;s no one forcing you to read the stuff they say that bugs you. That&#39;s one of the upsides of the internet.<br /><br />We&#39;re genealogists. Our whole schtick is that we look at evidence to form a conclusion. If you&#39;re unwilling to produce evidence, don&#39;t ask me to form a conclusion. Kerry Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03939381204186890096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post-79482507864970648702013-02-22T09:11:19.438-08:002013-02-22T09:11:19.438-08:00Thank you for these thoughts, Anne and Terri and S...Thank you for these thoughts, Anne and Terri and Stephanie! <br /><br />One thing I neglected to say is that guys and gals may react differently to the same statement. And perhaps partly for that reason, I&#39;m still not sure I can clearly specify the fine line here. <br /><br />I recently posted a criticism of someone&#39;s work for which I apologized the following morning, and then was told that there was no need for the apology, what I had said didn&#39;t really have the wrong tone I thought it had. (And yes, we were both guys -- still are, actually ;-)<br /><br />So . . . I&#39;m actually contemplating a later post where I will indeed take actual situations and attempt to rank them on some kind of scale. I can tell blatant bullying from blatant respectful criticism, but there may be more gray area in between than we expect. Thanks again for making me think!Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12217640113047709249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post-24015182523231892142013-02-22T08:51:57.516-08:002013-02-22T08:51:57.516-08:00Criticism is one thing, but I&#39;ve witnessed, un...Criticism is one thing, but I&#39;ve witnessed, unfortunately, too many people simply - or more precisely blatantly - attacking another researcher because of the software they use, the platform they choose, or the way they use a hashtag. None of these things are constructive. There are too many divisions in our community, unfortunately. I only wish for respect. I think that it&#39;s that issue of respect that crosses a line from constructive criticism to bullying. If another genealogist would like to discuss a blog post or article I wrote and show me ways that I could have approached it better or improved my research, I would welcome it. However, I don&#39;t find use in coded diatribes on social media because people won&#39;t play ball according to someone&#39;s self-declared rule system. <br /><br />We&#39;re like every other group on the planet... filled with humans who contain flaws just as they contain graces. Stephanie @ CornAndCotton.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16930433065322347111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post-81399113389867115782013-02-22T08:30:09.750-08:002013-02-22T08:30:09.750-08:00I assume this is from my small rant last week. I w...I assume this is from my small rant last week. I will say that though I needed the outlet and I am better because of that. I want to stress that this had nothing to do with constructive criticism and it is definitely a bully situation. I (and a few others) have been dealing with it for about a year now and usually are very thick skinned about it. This was just a moment of I cannot take it any longer, I needed an outlet and Facebook took care of it. Not only that, it showed me that there are many out there in the same situation. Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05418190102783153418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394184517128570144.post-17352549953708686522013-02-22T06:08:04.169-08:002013-02-22T06:08:04.169-08:00I think I missed the facebook discussion you refer...I think I missed the facebook discussion you refer to and I&#39;m not that sad about it. :-)<br /><br />But, I agree, most of us need more constructive criticism on the work we do and we need to &quot;publish&quot; it more often in blogs and other easily accessible sources. How many professional genealogists have never put their work up for peer review? Peer review and constructive criticism makes us better. Anne Gillespie Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00451657375587655764noreply@blogger.com